Freedom Fighters
She helped 300 slaves escape to freedom.
Harriet Tubman
She wrote the poem "Still I Rise" and the book, I know why the caged bird sings
Maya Angelou
During the 2023 Grammy ceremony, this iconic person achieved EGOT status.
He is named the King of Pop
Michael Jackson
He was the first black President of the United States.
Barack Obama
The first African American to play in the MLB. When this player joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, baseball was segregated.
Jackie Robinson
As a 6-year-old, she entered an all-white school as a symbol of the civil rights movement and the end of segregation
Ruby Bridges
During the 2023 Grammy ceremony, this iconic person achieved EGOT status.
Viola Davis
This music artist has the most Grammy's of all time (32 total)
Beyonce
The 15th
He was the first African-American to win the masters golf tournament
Tiger Woods
This woman refused to give her seat to a white man on the bus in 1955 Montgomery, AL.
Rosa Parks
He was a leader of the Harlem Renaissance and a great poet, activist, novelist and playwright. One poem he wrote is, "Dream deferred"
Who is Langston Hughes?
This superstar developed his stage name as a reference to New York's J/Z Subway which has a stop in Brooklyn
Jay-Z
First Black Supreme Court justice
Thurgood Marshall
First Black Supreme Court justice
Thurgood Marshall
In the wake of the assassination of Black nationalist Malcolm X, this political organization was founded in 1966, dressed in black berets and black leather jackets.
Black Panthers
The first African-American woman to win the academy award for best actress.
Halle Berry
Rogers Nelson's stage name
Prince
Laws that created a system of legal segregation.
Jim Crow Laws
These men were the first black pilots in the military.
The Tuskegee Airmen
He was an adviser to Martin Luther King Jr. and the organizer behind the 1963 March on Washington. However, his homosexuality cost him visibility and was considered by some as a hindrance to the movement's success.
Bayard Rustin
In 2018, this person became the first athlete and the first black person to win an Oscar for Best Animated Short for his film, Dear Basketball. He was a credited writer for the project.
Kobe Bryant
This person was not only the first African American woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, but the first woman, period.
Aretha Franklin
This amendment abolished slavery
The 13th
This historian started Negro history week, later renamed Black History Month in 1976. He was also notably the second African American to graduate from Harvard University with a doctorate degree.
Carter G. Woodson